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Oakland

STATS

GP

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SO

SB

CS

AVG

OBP

SLG

OPS

2014 Regular Season

70

259

27

64

9

0

12

38

16

49

0

0

.247

.301

.421

.722

Career

345

1304

167

345

61

10

43

157

95

234

29

14

.265

.323

.426

.748

FANTASY BASEBALL

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From Tuesday's chat:
mike (williamsburg va)I am curious - if Beane had stepped down last May and Amaro took over the A's and then proceeded to make the exact same deals, how do you think the choices would have been viewed?

This is the month where something is supposed to happen for the Texas Rangers, right?Theyve made some procedural moves to their roster, filled out their coaching staff, got rid of a few backup outfielders, felt a sense of relief with the health of Yu Darvish, and oh yeah, hired manager Jeff Banister.

Josh Donaldson has good memories of playing in Toronto. He made his major league debut there in 2010, striking out as a pinch-hitter. The following day he smacked a game-winning, two-run homer for his first career hit.

You have to say this about Billy Beane: The guy isn't afraid to make big trades.The Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays completed an intriguing challenge trade on Friday night, in which the A's sent All-Star third baseman Josh Donaldson to the Blue Jays for third baseman Brett Lawrie and three unproven players -- pitchers Sean Nolin and Kendall Graveman and minor league shortstop Franklin Barreto.